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Re: Wall Observer BTC/USD - Bitcoin price movement tracking & discussion
by
d_eddie
on 16/01/2021, 15:52:33 UTC
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But insurance will never cover the value of all the assets. Custody with insurance is a scam

Not saying you're wrong or right. Just wondering why you state this as a fact.

Well if done like bank accounts it would have a limit of 250,000 usd value.

But you would get that. I would argue it is better than btc in a wallet. If they set it up like a bank setups up a cash account.

And the key here is they'll be paying interest to hodl our precious coins. It's a win-win.
Likely interest is in fiat though. And I'd want to make sure such deposits are guaranteed by the bank security fund as if it were fiat... but at nominal crypto value. Otherwise, there could be several Gox like episodes.